BUS STOP AND SYSTEM PROVIDING TRAVEL INFORMATION IN RELATION TO BUSES

• US 20140049409A1
• Filed: 12/28/2012
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Kuan-Hong Hsieh, Shang-Hui Pi, Shuang Rui, Te-Sheng Chen, Xiao-Guang Li, Yun Xiao
• Inventors: CHEN, TE-SHENG, LI, XIAO-GUANG, HSIEH, KUAN-HONG, XIAO, YUN, PI, SHANG-HUI, RUI, SHUANG
• Granted Patent: US 8,907,818 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/995.17
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/005 including pedestrian guidance indicator
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/123 indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, tramstransmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/133 within the vehicle ; Indicators inside the vehicles or at stops

Abstract

A bus stop includes a storage unit, a communicating unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The communicating unit communicates with a server which is in communication with a plurality of buses, a plurality of stops which the buses will pass, and current locations of the buses. The display unit displays at least one route consisting of a plurality of bus stops including the bus stop. The control unit generates a request signal carrying the location of the bus stop to the server. The server determines current locations of the buses on a route which includes the bus stop, compares the real-time locations with the location of the bus stop to select a nearest bus travelling towards the bus stop. The display unit display a mark marking the bus stop. A related system is also provided.

Claims

1. A bus stop comprising:

a storage unit configured for pre-storing platform information of the bus stop, the platform information comprising a name and a location of the bus stop;

a communicating unit configured for communicating with a server, wherein the server stores a table recording a plurality of identifications of bus terminals, a plurality of items of platform information of bus stops which the bus terminals pass by, and frequently updated real-time locations of the bus terminals;

each bus terminal configured to be mounted on a corresponding bus,

a display unit configured for displaying at least one route consisting of a plurality of bus stops including the bus stop; and

a control unit configured for obtaining the location of the bus stop from the storage unit, generating a request signal carrying the location of the bus stop in response to a passenger'"'"'s request, and controlling the communicating unit to transmit the request signal to the server to determine one or more bus terminals according to the location of the bus stop carried by the request and compare real-time locations of the determined bus terminals with the location of the bus stop to select a nearest bus terminal travelling towards the bus stop;

the control unit further configured for controlling the display unit to display a mark marking the bus stop nearest the selected bus terminal on the at least one route according to the real-time location of the selected bus terminal.

2. The bus stop as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a camera unit configured for capturing an image of surrounding area of the bus stop and storing the images in the storage unit;

wherein

the control unit is further configured for controlling the communicating unit to transmit the image to the server to analyze traffic state of the bus stop nearest the selected bus terminal, and controlling the display unit to mark the bus stop nearest the selected bus terminal if the traffic state thereof is abnormal.

3. The bus stop as claimed in claim 2, further comprising an input unit configured for generating an alarming signal in response to a passenger'"'"'s manual operation, the control unit further configured for obtaining the image and the location information of the bus stop from the storage unit thereof, and controlling the communicating unit to transmit the image and the location information to the server to enable the server to display the image of the surrounding area of the bus stop which transmits the alarming signal.

4. A system comprising a plurality of bus terminals, a plurality of bus stops, and a server communicating with the bus terminals and the bus stops, each of the bus terminals mounted in a bus;

each bus stop comprising;

a storage unit configured for pre-storing platform information of the bus stop, wherein the platform information comprising a name and a location of the bus stop;

a communicating unit configured for communicating with the server;

a display unit; and

a control unit configured for obtaining the location of the bus stop from the storage unit, generating a request signal carrying the location of the bus stop in response to a passenger'"'"'s request, and controlling the communicating unit to transmit the request signal to the server;

wherein each bus terminal is configured for obtaining platform information of the bus stops located within a predetermined distance from the bus terminal so as to determine a real-time location of the bus terminal, and transmitting the determined real-time location and an identification of the bus terminal to the server;

the server is configured for storing a table recording a plurality of identifications of a plurality of bus terminals, a plurality of items of platform information of the bus stops which the bus terminals pass by, and frequently updated real-time locations of the bus terminals; and

further configured for determining one or more bus terminals according to the location of the bus stop carried by the request signal, comparing real-time locations of the determined bus terminals with the location of the bus stop to select a bus terminal nearest the bus stop and travelling towards the bus stop, and transmitting the determined real-time location of the selected bus terminal to the bus stop to control the display unit thereof to display the real-time location of the selected bus.

5. The system s as claimed in claim 4, wherein each bus stop further comprising a camera unit mounted outside the bus stop, and configured for capturing an image of surrounding area of the bus stop and storing the images in the storage unit;

the control unit is further configured for controlling the communicating unit to transmit the image to the server to analyze traffic state of the bus stop nearest the selected bus terminal, and controlling the display unit to mark the bus stop nearest the selected bus terminal if the traffic state thereof is abnormal.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the bus stop further comprising an input unit mounted outside the bus stop, configured for generating an alarming signal in response to a passenger'"'"'s manual operation, the control unit further configured for obtaining the image and the location information of the bus stop from the storage unit thereof, and controlling the communicating unit to transmit the image and the location information to the server to enable the server to display the image of the surrounding area of the bus stop which transmits the alarming signal.

7. The system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the display unit further configured for displaying at least one route consisting of a plurality of bus stops including the bus stop.

8. The system as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a plurality of streetlights configured for pre-storing locations of the streetlights, the bus terminal further configured for obtaining the locations of the streetlights within a predetermined range to update the current location of the bus terminal.